Record

Document Reference	Os C 71
Title	Letter from W. Huskisson, Eastham, Sussex, to J.E. Denison; 10 January 1830
Date	10 January 1830
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Comments on plight of local farmers which he describes as 'subdued'; is to attend Quarter Sessions and alludes to problems with peacekeeping in Kent and Lincolnshire; believes Wellington ignores 'the state of the country' and does not expect any remedy; refers to Wellington's supporters as 'country gentlemen' and believes Wellington will call for Commission of Enquiry rather than act; calls for repeal of malt and beer duties to help working classes but only if enacted within defined economic system; believes country suffers not from want of money but from want of profit in industry; discusses political philosophies in terms of capital and labour and economic decay; states that he desires lowered rents and revision of taxation; enquires whether Denison has read article on Greece in Foreign Quarterly.
Term	civil disorder, Greek Rebellion
	governments, Wellington Ministry 1830
	poverty, relief of
	taxation
	currency, value of
	industry
	civil disorder, Captain Swing riots
	social conditions, England

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6019	Wellesley; Arthur (1769-1852); 1st Duke of Wellington	1769-1852
NA9441	Horton; Robert J.W. (1784-1841); 3rd Baronet	1784-1841
NA9468	Huskisson; William (1770-1830); Mr; statesman	1770-1830
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873